[LM_NET] OT: Multi-Age Day Camp Suggestions

["Steward, Amy" <StewardA@FULTON.K12.GA.US>]

Hello everyone,
 
I have agreed to teach a day camp program for children of church employees at a 
local church this summer two days per week.  We have total flexibility with any 
programs/curriculum we want to do for the day, and I will be working with a very 
enthusiastic and hard working assistant who's willing to try almost anything with 
the students.  The day will begin at 9:00 AM and end at 2:00 PM.  We will schedule 
in lunch time and outside playground time.  
 
Here's the problem:  We will have about 20 students ranging in age from five months 
to a few entering 5th grade.  I am racking my brain to figure out the best way to 
schedule the day.  I want to be organized so that these children will not be 
running around in circles with nothing to do (which I have witnessed), with a 
variety of activities for all ages.  If you have any suggestions about the schedule 
of the day, or a sample schedule, or advice regarding this endeavor, please email 
me (and please, don't say, "run for your life!").  I really want to try and make 
this multi-age arrangement work the best it can for the students' and my sanity's 
sake.
 
Thanks in advance,
Amy Steward
Media Specialist, NBPT
Fulton County Schools - on child care leave
Atlanta, GA
stewarda@fultonschools.org
      
 

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